HC gives Rane 6 weeks to appeal BMC order on Juhu bungalow

MUMBAI: Observing that when prima facie the construction was unauthorised, the question of political vendetta doesn't arise, Bombay high court on Thursday declined to set aside or stay BMC's June 3 rejection for regularization of portions of an 8-floor Juhu residence of Union minister Narayan Rane of BJP, reports Swati Deshpande.
But the HC granted a six-week protection from any "coercive action", including demolition, after dismissing a plea filed by Kaalkaa Real Estates Pvt Ltd, a closely held Rane family concern. The six-week reprieve is to enable an appeal before the Supreme Court.
The HC had on March 22 restrained the BMC from taking any coercive steps for three weeks post its adverse decision on the regularization proposal. Aadish, the multi-storey residence of Rane, had come under scanner after a 2017 complaint alleging illegal construction.